[mdittmar]

Tea Party mentioned;)

[DoughtyOne]

I can hear Boehner’s tears hitting the floor from here.

[DoughtyOne]

Two more years of this POS.

That should just about end any idea of hope right there.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Good thing we all voted Republican! Boy, I am proud of my fellow Republicans. Bipartisanship! Reaching across the aisle!

[mrsmith]

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Obama did Boehner a favor by forcing this before the Speaker election took place.
If Obama and Reid shut down the whole government just to save his annesty they’ll be the first Dems to get their deserved ‘credit’ for shutting the government down, so Boehner has an easy out.
And he can finally do something for the conservatives in the House.

Of course Boehner can always screw up. And after his election he will.

[SharpRightTurn]

The “far right.”

Apparently it doesn’t take much to qualify as “far” in Mr. Wong’s book.

[Manic_Episode]

[logic101.net]

divisions between the Speaker and the far right.

No, divisions between the establishment and the conservatives that gave the establishment the majority.

[Ray76]

closed-door election last month

Sneaky scum

[Ray76]

> fight President Obama’s immigration order and stave off another government shutdown.

A false choice. All designed to marginalize opposition to capitulation. Boehner is a surrender monkey.

[Revel]

The should be smart enough to know that the last thing the public voted for was Boehner. Many voters wanted change. And Boehner is far from change.

[Travis McGee]

[matthew fuller]

"In a closed-door election last month, Boehner easily won another two years as Speaker."

I'm completely confused about this action. Why does the lame duck outgoing congress have any say about Boehner's speakership for the next two years? The incoming congress is stuck with this idiot, and they don't have any say? Does anybody understand this?